twist the knife

"I don't think they're going to explicitly try and twist the knife as it were, but I think they will try to show by comparison that the U.S. is growing well."

As the three established automakers face increases in labor costs and struggle to master electric vehicles, Tesla can twist the knife by lowering car prices because it is much more profitable than most automakers.

Last week, as Twitter struggled to contain the multipronged fallout from its sudden rebrand as X, its competitor from down the San Francisco Peninsula tried to twist the knife.

GOP leaders will use those votes as a broad political cudgel against Democrats as they try to make inroads with Jewish voters and twist the knife over Ms. Jayapal’s decision to dub Israel a “racist state” during a conference in Chicago.

Gaetz repeatedly remarked overnight that he was struggling for things to ask for because McCarthy had given away so much, comments surely intended to twist the knife.